Sun in 3D, with filaments a flying!

After being spurred on by the superb 3D solar images my fellow solar-geeks
have been working on, and having a ball myself while working the 3D moon, I
decided to move on to the sun myself (me, biased towards the sun?!?) G

Rather than present it as a floating smooth orb, I decided to incorporate a
few other nuances: prominences and "hairy limbs" are in attendance while
filaments are flung away from the surface... after all, that's what they do,
no?

As with the lunar image, you will need Red left/Green right 3D glasses or
eyepiece filters to view the effect. Red/Blue may work, but not as
dramatically and the image not appear fully focused. Without further ado,
here be da' image:

http://www.astro-nut.com/sun-ha-3d.html

Cheers,

Paul

PS: Special thanks to fellow solar-geeks Andy M, Greg P, Hiram V, David K
and the rest of the gang here who are helping to explore this new frontier.

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:37:46 -0500, "Paul Hyndman" nospam@me wrote:

After being spurred on by the superb 3D solar images my fellow solar-geeks
have been working on, and having a ball myself while working the 3D moon, I
decided to move on to the sun myself (me, biased towards the sun?!?) G

Rather than present it as a floating smooth orb, I decided to incorporate a
few other nuances: prominences and "hairy limbs" are in attendance while
filaments are flung away from the surface... after all, that's what they do,
no?

As with the lunar image, you will need Red left/Green right 3D glasses or
eyepiece filters to view the effect. Red/Blue may work, but not as
dramatically and the image not appear fully focused. Without further ado,
here be da' image:

http://www.astro-nut.com/sun-ha-3d.html

Cheers,

Paul

PS: Special thanks to fellow solar-geeks Andy M, Greg P, Hiram V, David K
and the rest of the gang here who are helping to explore this new frontier.

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Very clever! I didn't have red/blue glasses but I used eyepiece
filters. What I noticed was that if I switched filters from eye
to eye, the filaments were either above or below the surface
of the sun. Best image fusion was seen about 12" from the screen.
Thanks!
-Rich

:: After being spurred on by the superb 3D solar images my
fellow
:: solar-geeks have been working on, and having a ball
myself while
:: working the 3D moon, I decided to move on to the sun
myself (me,
:: biased towards the sun?!?) G
::
:: Rather than present it as a floating smooth orb, I
decided to
:: incorporate a few other nuances: prominences and "hairy
limbs" are
:: in attendance while filaments are flung away from the
surface...
:: after all, that's what they do, no?
::
:: As with the lunar image, you will need Red left/Green
right 3D
:: glasses or eyepiece filters to view the effect. Red/Blue
may work,
:: but not as dramatically and the image not appear fully
focused.
:: Without further ado, here be da' image:
::
:: http://www.astro-nut.com/sun-ha-3d.html
::
:: Cheers,
::
:: Paul
::
:: PS: Special thanks to fellow solar-geeks Andy M, Greg P,
Hiram V,
:: David K and the rest of the gang here who are helping to
explore
:: this new frontier.
::
:: --- http://www.astro-nut.com ---

Thanks, Paul!
Would like to confirm that both sun and moon look/work great
with standard red/left blue/right glasses. This time I
folded my arms so I wouldn't reach out to the monitor. (I
know, what an idiot!) Ah, how about a two hour time lapse
movie of the sun? (grinning and ducking)

Hi All,

I wanted to reduce the "Hostess Sno-Ball cupcake on a cookie sheet"
appearance of my 3D lunar and solar images, so worked a pseudo-starfield
into the background to create additional depth beyond the primary image.
Okay, okay... a starfield is kinda' hokey, but I needed a somewhat
randomized pattern to place behind the target, otherwise I could not
generate the illusion of a free-floating orb.

I also bumped up the color saturation and tweaked the balance a tad, so as
to increase the gamut of acceptable filter colors that could be used. I
should re-iterate though that the process used to create these images tends
to pump out a Green/Cyan type color for the right channel so...

Red/Blue filters may seem to work but are not nearly as dramatic as is the
effect from using Red/Green (assuming your monitor is correctly profiled).
Focus may also be affected. If you do not have Red/Green glasses, raid your
equipment case for Red and Green eyepiece filters... the difference is worth
it trust me!

To check your 3D glasses or eyepiece filters for proper color match, move
the Red filter over the image, noting that the Blue/Green sections of the
image disappear. Repeat using the Green or Blue filter. When the correct
colored filters are used, you should see no traces of Green or Blue with
your left eye, and no Red with the right eye,.and the image should appear to
protrude from the screen. Move your head to the right, left, up, or down and
watch the sun rotate!

If you viewed the previous versions, you may need to hit the "Refresh"
button on your browser to update the image, as the same new images reside on
the old links (the original images are accessible from links on those pages,
for comparison).

(Whew!)

Okay... here be de links (remember to "refresh" stale links!)

http://www.astro-nut.com/sun-ha-3d.html

http://www.astro-nut.com/lunar-gibbous3Da.html

Yes/no? Getting any closer? :question:

Paul

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Once again, Paul, very cool! I've passed this along to my astro club for
their enjoyment.

Andy C.

Paul Hyndman wrote:
Hi All,

I wanted to reduce the "Hostess Sno-Ball cupcake on a cookie sheet"
appearance of my 3D lunar and solar images, so worked a pseudo-starfield
into the background to create additional depth beyond the primary image.
Okay, okay... a starfield is kinda' hokey, but I needed a somewhat
randomized pattern to place behind the target, otherwise I could not
generate the illusion of a free-floating orb.

I also bumped up the color saturation and tweaked the balance a tad, so as
to increase the gamut of acceptable filter colors that could be used. I
should re-iterate though that the process used to create these images tends
to pump out a Green/Cyan type color for the right channel so...

Red/Blue filters may seem to work but are not nearly as dramatic as is the
effect from using Red/Green (assuming your monitor is correctly profiled).
Focus may also be affected. If you do not have Red/Green glasses, raid your
equipment case for Red and Green eyepiece filters... the difference is worth
it trust me!

To check your 3D glasses or eyepiece filters for proper color match, move
the Red filter over the image, noting that the Blue/Green sections of the
image disappear. Repeat using the Green or Blue filter. When the correct
colored filters are used, you should see no traces of Green or Blue with
your left eye, and no Red with the right eye,.and the image should appear to
protrude from the screen. Move your head to the right, left, up, or down and
watch the sun rotate!

If you viewed the previous versions, you may need to hit the "Refresh"
button on your browser to update the image, as the same new images reside on
the old links (the original images are accessible from links on those pages,
for comparison).

(Whew!)

Okay... here be de links (remember to "refresh" stale links!)

http://www.astro-nut.com/sun-ha-3d.html

http://www.astro-nut.com/lunar-gibbous3Da.html

Yes/no? Getting any closer? :question:

Paul

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As with the lunar image, you will need Red left/Green right 3D glasses or
eyepiece filters to view the effect. Red/Blue may work, but not as
dramatically and the image not appear fully focused. Without further ado,
here be da' image:

http://www.astro-nut.com/sun-ha-3d.html


Looks pretty cool. I got my glasses at:
http://www.berezin.com/3d/3dglasses.htm

The red cyan worked best.

Ed